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Super Moves of Gotenks (本気で行くぜ!!超ゴテンクス全開,Honki de Iku ze!! Sūpā Gotenkusu Zenkai) is the fifth episode of the Fusion Saga and the two hundred fifty-eighth overall episode in the original dubbed and the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. The episode first aired on March 1, 1995. Its original American air date was October 21, 2002.

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Summary

Gotenks transforms into a Super Saiyan to battle Super Buu

The episode starts with Piccolo looking really worried if Gotenks could win. Gotenks starts to use some of his own attacks and hits Super Buu with some really strong ones but they did not affect Super Buu at all.

The Hyperbolic Time Chamber surroundings change to some ice and Gotenks does a lot of goofy named attacks that do not really work; at one point, he even asks himself what the next attack was and even pulls out a notecard at one point. Gotenks finally notices Piccolo's worried look and gives him a pep talk and agrees to use his full strength. Then Super Buu gets impatient and they start fighting again. Everyone outside the Time Chamber wonders if Goten and Trunks trained enough to beat Super Buu. Gotenks gets stuck in the ice but they break out when Super Buu says Gotenks is not strong. Then Gotenks goes Super Saiyan.

Buu confronts Gotenks

Piccolo is really surprised that they can go Super Saiyan after fusing and begins to have more hope that Gotenks will save the world. Gotenks wonders what attack to use next and decides on the Galactic Donut, a strong energy attack that Super Buu breaks out of. Then Buu starts to really beat up Gotenks. Gotenks charges up and uses his Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack, spitting out a ghost of himself

Major Events

Gotenks continues his battle with Super Buu, showing himself capable of transforming into a Super Saiyan even after fusing.

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Bruce Faulconer tracks

Differences from the manga

In the manga, this portion of the Base Gotenks vs. Super Buu fight was very short at only two pages in length. In the anime it was greatly extended with Gotenks doing many extra moves such as the Spindle Top Punch and Super Buu encasing Gotenks feet in ice.

In the anime, before Gotenks turns into a Super Saiyan, he pulls Piccolo aside to ask him for tips on how to beat Super Buu. In the manga this does not happen.

Master Roshi, Krillin, Bulma and the Dende discussing if Gotenks can defeat Super Buu is exclusive to the anime.

Super Gotenks being knocked into the bathtub along with Piccolo who emerges from underneath the water is exclusive to the anime.

Trivia

There is a point in this episode when Gotenks swings his fist around and runs at Super Buu to punch him in the gut, but Super Buu says "Wait! Not there. Try my face." Gotenks does punch him in the face. And for reasons unknown, after this blow is struck, Super Buu's pupils turn from white to red, and his mouth/tongue turn from red to green.

On numerous times throughout the episode, everyone outside the chamber eat snacks and talk about what could be happening. This should not be possible, as the time dilation in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber would reduce the duration of the fusion to only a few seconds outside the chamber.

Gotenks taunts Super Buu by giving him the middle finger in the original and the unedited versions.

In the original version when Gotenks broke out of the ice it was in his normal state the entire time. In the remastered edition, he was in Super Saiyan for a brief time but reverted.

After Gotenks' Daikaiten Kick is dodged by Buu, Gotenks, loses control of his movements, accidentally getting stuck in the ground by drilling into it. However, after the dust disappears, Gotenks is unable to move, with his whole body buried inside the ground, except his head, which can be seen going out of the ground. That should be impossible, because Gotenks' legs had drilled all the way into the ground, thus making the hole extend to Gotenks' out stretched leg.